A violinist was busking at a metro station in Washington DC on a cold January morning during rush hour.He played 6 Bach pieces, lasting around 45 minutes. During his performance, 1097 people passed him , 7 stopped to listen, and 19 gave him money. He collected $32 in total. When he finished playing nobody applauded. He was Joshua Bell, former child prodigy and one of the world’s great violinists. He played six of the most intricate pieces of music ever written, on his $3.5 million violin. Two days before Joshua Bell had given a sell out performance in Boston at $100 a ticket.This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito was organized by The Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities. Now the moot question is ---how many beautiful things do we pass on every day of our life without ever noticing one of them?
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:49:57 +0000
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